22nd April 2005, 11:09 PM
I wasn't referring to you, Derek. Just the American movie viewing public at large.
Here's how SW and Nintendo parallel:
They were once the most popular thing there is. SW an extremely popular movie series and Nintendo the most popular video game company of them all. Their popularity soar until they get too popular, and as soon as an alternative comes around (in SW's case, The Matrix, Spider-Man, and then LotR; in Nintendo's case, Sony), and it becomes very popular to hate the once-former kings of their dominion. The quality does not greatly change, but they don't grow up with their audience. Former SW fans from the 70's expect the new movies to not be made for a younger audience even though the originals were; former Nintendo fans hate that Mario and Zelda are still "kiddy".
Whenever something becomes popular for a long enough period of time, people eventually start to resent it. That happens all of the time, in every popular medium. I can guarantee you that Sony will not be the most popular console manufacturer in ten years. Not unless they completely crush any chances of competition.
Here's how SW and Nintendo parallel:
They were once the most popular thing there is. SW an extremely popular movie series and Nintendo the most popular video game company of them all. Their popularity soar until they get too popular, and as soon as an alternative comes around (in SW's case, The Matrix, Spider-Man, and then LotR; in Nintendo's case, Sony), and it becomes very popular to hate the once-former kings of their dominion. The quality does not greatly change, but they don't grow up with their audience. Former SW fans from the 70's expect the new movies to not be made for a younger audience even though the originals were; former Nintendo fans hate that Mario and Zelda are still "kiddy".
Whenever something becomes popular for a long enough period of time, people eventually start to resent it. That happens all of the time, in every popular medium. I can guarantee you that Sony will not be the most popular console manufacturer in ten years. Not unless they completely crush any chances of competition.